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The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, August 10, 2020 to Sunday, August 16, 2020: Area: SA Location: (Almost) on our Rockleigh property (20 metres outside our boundary) Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) (1) On the hunt for bridal creeper we found a large patch under a tree. Just . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest We have on the Bellarine Peninsula large flocks of at least 300 Starlings flying in instant unison of directional change, scaring the tripes out of our Australian Hobby or Collared Sparrowhawk marauders that must be seeing a huge menacing single bird in action. Back to that Skylark methinks. Sent from my iPhone > On 1 . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 81, Issue 25 Hi Cathy, As Stephen Ambrose noted, architects are designing buildings which are not conducive to birds, nesting or roosting. In cities, targeting pigeons in particular, starlings as well. I have seen a large colony of Mynahs nesting in a hole in an ancient Angophora in Mulgoa, in the now Walleroo Nature Reserve, . . . → Read More: Starlings and Indian Mynahs. Hello to everyone!!
Unfortunately my trusty Canon lens has reached a sad state of non-repair – or at least the repair bill quoted by Canon is totally cost prohibitive!!
So I need your help PLEASE: If anyone knows of a lens out there with the . . . → Read More: **WANTED** Canon Camera Lens EF 400mmf/5.6 L USM Interesting Geoff, Tassie could be their ultimate outpost! Despite the reports, oversell numbest in Sydney have visibly declined. No one is actually counting as far as I know. Population Theory include boom:/bust scenarios, particularly in introduced situations. The European decline will ultimately derive from human activity I suspect. Best Michael . . . → Read More: Starlings Still plenty from Ceduna to Port Augusta in SA – even took a pic or 2 at Fowlers Bay. Always think I’m back in civilisation (a misnomer of course), when I see them coming back across the Nullabor! Sent from my iPhone > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 22:46:43 +1000 > . . . → Read More: Starlings Maybe Avian Coronavirus ? Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org Hi everyone, Where have all the European Starlings gone. ? Once were thousands in Sydney, none. seen for a few years around Penrith, Springwood or elsewhere. Zero. ? Disease, Have I missed something ? Their absence not a regret , just a mystery. TIA Michael Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org . . . → Read More: Starlings White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) Report for 2019/20 Season. This season there were 4681 reports sent in, or published where I could find them. This is significantly more than last year, even after I have gone through and deleted the many duplicate reports that it appears to be fashionable to make! Unfortunately, . . . → Read More: WTNT Report for 2019/20 Sydney Sea Eagles first chick has hatched at 9:03 this morning 40 days after lay. With delayed incubation we expect the second to hatch in a day or two. Live view at Sea-EagleCAM Live Video & Chat Sea-EagleCAM Live Video & Chat . . . → Read More: Sea Eagle Hatch |
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